Scott PowersJanuary 13, 2021
3min276
Steube maintains Trump did nothing wrong, and a KKK case can prove it.
Tag: Ku Klux Klan
Scott PowersJanuary 13, 2021
Associated PressJune 28, 2020
5min61
The school reversed its decision on the former president and his racist views and policies.
Associated PressJune 18, 2020
9min53
Unrest in Ocoee over black man voting predated the Tulsa Massacre.
News Service Of FloridaJuly 7, 20183min33
A former correctional officer convicted of conspiring to murder a former inmate in a case that involved the Ku Klux Klan will lose his state retirement benefits, according to an order issued this week. The State Board of Administration, which operates the retirement system, issued the order upholding a recommendation from an administrative law judge […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 29, 2018
6min56
The city of Jacksonville periodically sees Ku Klux Klan flyers put out in various places, and January offered the latest example. A man — name withheld here, as the Klan is a terrorist organization — emailed Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on Jan. 14. “I am visiting Jacksonville, and was disturbed to see these flyers (such as those […]
Mitch PerryOctober 4, 2017
3min38
Save Southern Heritage Florida is now pursuing legal action in Broward County against the city of Hollywood after city commissioners voted in August to rename three streets honoring Confederate war leaders. The Tampa-based advocacy group went to court earlier this year to prevent moving a Confederate monument from a Hillsborough County courthouse. On August 30, […]
Tamara LushAugust 29, 2017
4min41
After Confederate monument was taken down in Bradenton, a group that wants to preserve such monuments called Tuesday for it to be repaired and restored to its former place on the courthouse lawn. Save Southern Heritage and other groups held a news conference in front of the Manatee County Courthouse to demand that the local […]
Scott PowersAugust 14, 2017
4min83
While avoiding comment on what President Donald Trump had to say in the wake of the Charlottesville events, Gov. Rick Scott renewed his condemnations Monday of the KKK, white supremacist and neo-Nazis. So did Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran, a potential 2018 Republican gubernatorial candidate. The two made their comments speaking with the press Monday […]
Associated PressAugust 13, 2017
7min43
Why doesn’t President Donald Trump just unequivocally condemn white supremacists? It’s a jarring question to ask about an American president. But it’s also one made unavoidable by Trump’s delayed, blame-both-sides response to the violence that erupted Saturday when neo-Nazis, skinheads and members of the Ku Klux Klan protested in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump has faced such […]
Martin DyckmanDecember 23, 2016
9min228
Thanks to Vladimir Putin‘s hackers and his outlets in the American press, we know that Hillary Clinton said different things in public and in private. Imagine that. But I suspect that you couldn’t find very many politicians (or other people, for that matter) who don’t speak differently depending on who’s listening. Money could safely be […]